EP2115302B1 - Compressor and oil blocking device therefor - Google Patents
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- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- a compressor with an oil blocking device therefor are disclosed herein.
- Compressors are known. However, they suffer from various disadvantages.
- a compressor and oil blocking device therefor are provided which are capable of preventing oil from spreading onto, for example, a balance weight, which are capable of preventing oil from being excessively sucked into a compression device by a separating device disposed between a driving motor and the compression device, and which are capable of constantly maintaining a predetermined amount of oil in compression chambers regardless of a rotational speed of the driving motor by directly supplying oil to a bearing surface and the compression chambers and by easily discharging gas from an oil drain passage.
- a trochoid gear pump may be used to smoothly supply oil to the compression device.
- a synchronous reluctance motor may be used to enhance a performance of the compressor and to expand a driving region of the compressor.
- the casing 10 includes a body 11, which may have having a cylindrical shape.
- the driving motor 20 and the compression device 30 may be installed at upper and lower portions of an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10.
- the casing 10 may further include an upper cap 12 and a lower cap 13 that hermetically cover upper and lower sides of the body 11.
- the main frame 14 may include an axial hole 14a penetratingly formed at a center thereof, an oil pocket 14b, which may be disposed on an upper end of the axial hole 14a to collect oil sucked through the rotational shaft 23, an oil collecting hole 14c, which may be disposed at one side on an outer circumferential surface of the oil pocket 14b to collect the oil inside the oil pocket 14b to the casing 10, and an oil supplying hole 14d, which may be disposed at another side on the outer circumferential surface of the oil pocket 14b to partially supply the oil inside the oil pocket 14b to the compression chambers P.
- An oil blocking device or unit 17 that prevents oil from spreading onto a balance weight 24 by receiving the axial hole 14a may be disposed adjacent a lower surface of the main frame 14.
- the oil drain guide member 19 may have a rectangularly shaped sectional surface, and is coupled to the casing 10 by welding so that an opening thereof forms the oil drain path 19a together with an inner circumferential surface of the casing 10.
- the oil drain guide member 19 may be formed to be tapered so that oil collected through the oil drain passage 18a may be smoothly drained.
- an outlet of the oil drain guide member 19 may extend lower than an upper end of the coil 21a of the driving motor 20 so that drained oil may be prevented from being mixed with spread oil or refrigerant.
- the driving motor 20 may include a stator 21 fixed to the casing 10 that receives power from outside, a rotor 22 disposed in the stator 21 with a pre-determined air gap therebetween and rotate by being interworked with the stator 21, and a rotational shaft 23 coupled to the rotor 22 by, for example, shrinkage fit to transmit a rotational force generated by the driving motor 20 to the compression device 30.
- the rotational shaft 23 may be provided with an oil passage 23a therein penetratingly formed in a shaft lengthwise direction.
- Oil passing holes 23b through which sucked oil may be supplied to the axial holes 14a and 15a of the main frame 14 and the sub-frame 15 may be formed in a radial direction at upper and lower sides of the oil passage 23a.
- One or more gas discharge holes 23c through which gas sucked through the oil passage 23a together with oil may be discharged outside the oil passage 23a may be formed between the oil passing holes 23b.
- the trochoid gear pump may include the inner gear 25a, the outer gear 25b, a pump cover 25c, and a mesh box 25d.
- a thrust plate 25e may be installed between the rotational shaft 23 and the oil pump 25. The thrust plate 25e may be fixed to a through hole 15b of the sub frame 15.
- the trochoid gear pump may have a plurality of inlets with height differences so that a predetermined amount of oil may always be pumped regardless of a mixed degree between oil and refrigerant. For instance, when oil and refrigerant are mixed with each other at an acceptable state, both the oil and the refrigerant are pumped through both inlets. On the contrary, when the refrigerant and the oil are mixed with each other at an inferior state in which the refrigerant is disposed below the oil, only the refrigerant may be pumped through an inlet disposed at a lower side resulting in oil deficiency. However, if the inlets are disposed with height differences, the oil disposed at an upper side may be pumped together with the refrigerant, thus enhanceing a lubricating performance.
- the orbiting scroll 32 may be formed so that an orbiting wrap 32a forming the pair of compression chambers P together with the fixed wrap 31a of the fixed scroll 31 may have an involute shape at an upper surface of the plate portion 31d of the orbiting scroll 32.
- a boss portion 32b coupled to the rotational shaft 23 and receiving a rotational force generated by the driving motor 20 may be formed at a center of the lower surface of the plate portion 32d.
- the driving motor may be implemented as a synchronous reluctance motor
- the compressor may have an enhanced performance when rotated at a low speed.
- a heat emitting amount of the motor may be decreased, expanding a driving region of the compressor.
- Embodiments disclosed herein provide a scroll compressor capable of always maintaining a predetermined amount of oil regardless of a rotational speed of a driving motor.
Description
- A compressor with an oil blocking device therefor are disclosed herein.
- Compressors are known. However, they suffer from various disadvantages.
- Generally, a compressor is a device for converting mechanical energy into compression energy to compress a fluid. Compressors are divided into various kinds including a reciprocating compressor, a rotary compressor, a vane compressor, and a scroll compressor according to the method for compressing a fluid.
- A scroll compressor may be provided with a driving motor that generates a driving force in a hermetic casing, and a compression device that compresses a refrigerant by receiving the driving force generated by the driving motor. The compression device may include an orbiting scroll coupled to a driving or rotational shaft of the driving motor that performs an orbit motion with respect to a fixed scroll to form a pair of compression chambers. As the compression chambers move towards a center, a refrigerant is consecutively compressed and then discharged.
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- When the driving motor rotates, oil contained in the inner space of the casing is sucked along the driving shaft to lubricate the compression device and cool the driving motor. However, such scroll compressors, when the driving motor rotates at a low speed, a pumping force for the oil is weak and vapor in the oil blocks an oil passage in the rotational shaft. Accordingly, an amount of oil supplied to the compression chambers is decreased increasing friction between the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll. On the other hand, when the driving motor rotates at a high speed, an amount of spread oil is increased, supplying a large amount of oil to the compression chambers along with the refrigerant. Accordingly, a leakage amount of oil is increased, lowering reliability of the compressor. Also, as an amount of the supplied oil increases, a suction amount of the refrigerant decreases, lowering the reliability of the compressor.
- Embodiments disclosed herein provide a scroll compressor capable of always maintaining a predetermined amount of oil regardless of a rotational speed of a driving motor.
- In accordance with an embodiment broadly described herein, there is provided a scroll compressor that includes the features as defined in
claim 1. - A compressor and oil blocking device therefor are provided which are capable of preventing oil from spreading onto, for example, a balance weight, which are capable of preventing oil from being excessively sucked into a compression device by a separating device disposed between a driving motor and the compression device, and which are capable of constantly maintaining a predetermined amount of oil in compression chambers regardless of a rotational speed of the driving motor by directly supplying oil to a bearing surface and the compression chambers and by easily discharging gas from an oil drain passage. A trochoid gear pump may be used to smoothly supply oil to the compression device. Further, a synchronous reluctance motor may be used to enhance a performance of the compressor and to expand a driving region of the compressor.
- Embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements, and wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a scroll compressor according to an example not falling within the scope of the claims; -
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an oil blocking device of the scroll compressor ofFIG. 1 according to one example; -
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of an oil blocking device of the scroll compressor ofFIG. 1 according to another example; -
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a separating device provided in an oil blocking device similar toFIG. 1 ; -
FIGS. 5 and6 are perspective views showing a separating device provided in an oil blocking device similar toFig 4 , of which the one shown inFig. 6 is not in accordance with the claims; -
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotor and a rotation shaft of a driving motor ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an oil pump ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for supplying oil to a compression chamber ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIGS. 10 and 11 are a graph showing an energy efficiency ratio (EER) and an oil circulation rate (OCR) of the compressor ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIGS. 12-14 are exemplary installations of a compressor having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein. - Hereinafter, a scroll compressor and oil blocking device therefor according to embodiments will be explained in detail. Embodiments are disclosed herein implemented in a scroll compressor. However, embodiments may be implemented in other type compressors as well. Further, the scroll compressor may be a high side type scroll compressor or a low side type compressor.
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FIG. 1 , thescroll compressor 1 includes acasing 10 hermetically formed so as to contain oil therein, and to which a refrigerant suction pipe SP and a refrigerant discharge pipe DP may be connected, adriving motor 20 disposed in thecasing 10 that generates a rotational force, and acompression device 30 disposed in thecasing 10 that compresses a refrigerant by receiving the rotational force by from thedriving motor 20. - The
casing 10 includes abody 11, which may have having a cylindrical shape. Thedriving motor 20 and thecompression device 30 may be installed at upper and lower portions of an inner circumferential surface of thecasing 10. Thecasing 10 may further include anupper cap 12 and alower cap 13 that hermetically cover upper and lower sides of thebody 11. - A
main frame 14 and asub-frame 15 havingaxial holes rotational shaft 23 of the drivingmotor 20, respectively, may be fixed to upper and lower sides of thebody 11. Anoil level pipe 16a and anoil collecting pipe 16b, which each may be connected to a refrigerating cycle system, and that maintaining a pre-determined amount of oil may be communicated with a lower portion of thebody 11. - The
oil collecting pipe 16b may be positioned to be lower than theoil level pipe 16a. - The
main frame 14 may include anaxial hole 14a penetratingly formed at a center thereof, anoil pocket 14b, which may be disposed on an upper end of theaxial hole 14a to collect oil sucked through therotational shaft 23, anoil collecting hole 14c, which may be disposed at one side on an outer circumferential surface of theoil pocket 14b to collect the oil inside theoil pocket 14b to thecasing 10, and anoil supplying hole 14d, which may be disposed at another side on the outer circumferential surface of theoil pocket 14b to partially supply the oil inside theoil pocket 14b to the compression chambers P. An oil blocking device orunit 17 that prevents oil from spreading onto abalance weight 24 by receiving theaxial hole 14a may be disposed adjacent a lower surface of themain frame 14. - The
oil blocking device 17 may have a cylindrical shape, as shown inFIG. 2 , or may have a conical shape having a section downwardly extending, as shown inFIG. 3 . Further, theoil blocking device 17 may be formed to have an area wide enough to receive certain mechanical parts, such asbalance weight 24, so as to prevent oil from spreading there onto. Theoil blocking device 17 may be formed to have an area wide enough to receive acoil 21a of astator 21, or an area wide enough to overlap with thecoil 21a in a vertical direction so that oil collected by contacting the oil blocking d evice 17 may be directly supplied onto thecoil 21a in drop form. As shown inFIG. 3 , one or moreoil guiding portions 17a may extend from a lower surface of theoil blocking device 17 to supply collected oil onto thecoil 21a. - A
separating device 18 that separates thedriving motor 20 and thecompression device 30 is provided on the outer circumference of theoil blocking device 17, which may be disc shaped. As shown inFIG. 4 , theseparating device 18 is formed so that an inner circumferential surface thereof may be integrally extended from an upper outer circumferential surface of theoil blocking device 17, or so that an outer circumferential surface thereof may be adhered to an inner circumferential surface of thecasing 10. Accordingly, oil inside the drivingmotor 20 may be prevented from being introduced into the compression chambers. Anoil drain passage 18a through which oil supplied to thecompression device 30 may be drained to the drivingmotor 20 is concavely formed at one side on an outer circumferential surface of theseparating device 18. An oildrain guide member 19 disposed towards a lower side of thecasing 10 is connected to theoil drain passage 18a, thereby preventing oil drained from thecompression device 30 from spreading in thecasing 10. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , the oildrain guide member 19 may have a rectangularly shaped sectional surface, and is coupled to thecasing 10 by welding so that an opening thereof forms theoil drain path 19a together with an inner circumferential surface of thecasing 10. The oildrain guide member 19 may be formed to be tapered so that oil collected through theoil drain passage 18a may be smoothly drained. Also, an outlet of the oildrain guide member 19 may extend lower than an upper end of thecoil 21a of the drivingmotor 20 so that drained oil may be prevented from being mixed with spread oil or refrigerant. - As shown in
FIG. 6 , an oildrain guide member 19 not in accordance with the claims may be formed in a pipe shape. Theoil drain passage 18a may be a hole, not a groove, so as to be tightly coupled to the oildrain guide member 19. - A
refrigerant passage 18b that passes a refrigerant by connecting upper and lower sides of thecasing 10 to each other on the basis of the separatingdevice 18 may be formed at another side on the outer circumferential surface of the separatingdevice 18. An oil separating plate (not shown) that separates oil from refrigerant sucked through the suction pipe SP may be inserted or communicated to/with therefrigerant passage 18b. Therefrigerant passage 18b may be formed in a lower pressure type scroll compressor where the inner space of thecasing 10 is filled with suction pressure, but may not be formed in a higher pressure type scroll compressor where the inner space of thecasing 10 is filled with discharge pressure. - When the separating
device 18 is provided with theoil blocking device 17, an oil drain guide passage (not shown) through which oil discharged from adischarge port 31c of the fixedscroll 31 together with a refrigerant may be guided to theoil drain passage 18a may be formed in themain frame 14 or the fixedscroll 31. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , the drivingmotor 20 may include astator 21 fixed to thecasing 10 that receives power from outside, arotor 22 disposed in thestator 21 with a pre-determined air gap therebetween and rotate by being interworked with thestator 21, and arotational shaft 23 coupled to therotor 22 by, for example, shrinkage fit to transmit a rotational force generated by the drivingmotor 20 to thecompression device 30. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 to 7 , therotor 22 may be provided with anaxial hole 22a that receives therotational shaft 23 at a center thereof. Therotor 22 may be a cylindrical rotor laminator formed as a plurality of thin steel plates laminated in a shaft lengthwise direction by, for example, shrinkage fit. A plurality ofmagnetic flux barriers 22b, which may be arc-shaped, may be penetratingly formed in a radial direction of theaxial hole 22a along a circumferential direction of therotor 22. - One or more
oil collecting grooves 22c that enhance a heat emitting effect by passing collected oil into therotor 22 may be formed on a circumferential surface of theaxial hole 22a. Theoil collecting grooves 22c may be formed in a shaft lengthwise direction, or in a direction inclined from a central longitudinal axis of the shaft. When being slantingly formed, theoil collecting groove 22c may be formed in a rotational direction of therotational shaft 23 so as to smoothly collect oil. - The
rotational shaft 23 may be provided with anoil passage 23a therein penetratingly formed in a shaft lengthwise direction.Oil passing holes 23b through which sucked oil may be supplied to theaxial holes main frame 14 and thesub-frame 15 may be formed in a radial direction at upper and lower sides of theoil passage 23a. One or more gas discharge holes 23c through which gas sucked through theoil passage 23a together with oil may be discharged outside theoil passage 23a may be formed between theoil passing holes 23b. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , thegas discharge hole 23c may be disposed at a lower side of thebalance weight 24, thereby being prevented from being blocked by thebalance weight 24 coupled to therotational shaft 23. Also, thegas discharge hole 23c may be disposed inside theoil blocking device 17 so that oil leaked through thegas discharge hole 23c may be blocked by theoil blocking device 17. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , an oil pump 25 that pumps oil inside thecasing 10 may be disposed at a lower end of therotational shaft 23. The oil pump 25 may be a trochoid gear pump that forms a capacity by aninner gear 25a and anouter gear 25b applied so as to reduce time during which oil supply is stopped due to a suction pressure change and a liquid refrigerant vaporization. - A
pump driving device 23e coupled to theinner gear 25a of the trochoid gear pump may be integrally formed at a lower end of therotational shaft 23. A drivingsurface 23f that rotates theinner gear 25a by being engaged with theinner gear 25a may be disposed on an outer circumferential surface of thepump driving device 23e. - As shown in
FIG. 8 , the trochoid gear pump may include theinner gear 25a, theouter gear 25b, apump cover 25c, and amesh box 25d. Athrust plate 25e may be installed between therotational shaft 23 and the oil pump 25. Thethrust plate 25e may be fixed to a throughhole 15b of thesub frame 15. - The trochoid gear pump may have a plurality of inlets with height differences so that a predetermined amount of oil may always be pumped regardless of a mixed degree between oil and refrigerant. For instance, when oil and refrigerant are mixed with each other at an acceptable state, both the oil and the refrigerant are pumped through both inlets. On the contrary, when the refrigerant and the oil are mixed with each other at an inferior state in which the refrigerant is disposed below the oil, only the refrigerant may be pumped through an inlet disposed at a lower side resulting in oil deficiency. However, if the inlets are disposed with height differences, the oil disposed at an upper side may be pumped together with the refrigerant, thus enhanceing a lubricating performance.
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FIG. 1 , thecompression device 30 includes a fixedscroll 31 fixed to an upper surface of themain frame 14, an orbitingscroll 32 orbitably disposed on the upper surface of themain frame 14 so as to form a plurality of compression chambers P by being engaged with the fixedscroll 31, and an Oldham'sring 33 disposed between the orbitingscroll 32 and themain frame 14 that orbits the orbitingscroll 32 and prevents the orbitingscroll 32 from rotating about its central axis. Thecompression device 30 further includes a high-lowpressure separating plate 34 disposed on a rear surface of a plate portion 31d of the fixedscroll 31 that divides an inside of thecasing 10 into a suction space S1 and a discharge space S2, and abackflow preventing valve 35 that prevents backflow of discharge gas by opening and closing thedischarge port 31c of the fixedscroll 31. The fixedscroll 31 may be formed so that afixed wrap 31a that forms the compression chambers P may have an involute shape at a lower surface of the plate portion 31d. Asuction port 31b that communicates with the suction space S1 of thecasing 10 may be formed at a side surface of the plate portion 31d. Thedischarge port 31c through which a compressed refrigerant may be discharged to the discharge space S2 may be formed at a center of an upper surface of the plate portion 31d. - The orbiting
scroll 32 may be formed so that anorbiting wrap 32a forming the pair of compression chambers P together with the fixedwrap 31a of the fixedscroll 31 may have an involute shape at an upper surface of the plate portion 31d of the orbitingscroll 32. A boss portion 32b coupled to therotational shaft 23 and receiving a rotational force generated by the drivingmotor 20 may be formed at a center of the lower surface of the plate portion 32d. - As shown in
FIG. 9 , anoil injecting hole 32c that communicates with theoil supplying hole 14d of themain frame 14 to spray oil supplied through theoil supplying hole 14d to the compression chambers P may be formed at the plate portion 32d of the orbitingscroll 32. Theoil injecting hole 32c may be formed before the orbiting wrap 32a starts a compression operation so as to prevent a refrigerant leakage therethrough. Anoil storing groove 14e that stores a predetermined amount of oil may be formed at an end of theoil supplying hole 14d of themain frame 14 so that oil may be smoothly supplied through theoil injecting hole 32c. - Operation of a scroll compressor according to an embodiment disclosed herein will be explained herein below.
- When power is supplied to the driving
motor 20, therotional shaft 23 rotates together with therotor 22 to transmit a rotational force to theorbiting scroll 32. Then, the orbitingscroll 32 performs an orbiting motion on an upper surface of themain frame 14 due to the Oldham'sring 33 by an eccentric distance. Accordingly, the compression chambers P that consecutively move are formed between the fixingwrap 31b of the fixedscroll 31 and the orbiting wrap 32b of the orbitingscroll 32. As theorbiting scroll 32 continuously performs the orbiting motion, the compression chambers P move towards the center thus to have a decreased volume, thereby compressing a sucked refrigerant. Then, the compressed refrigerant is discharged to the discharge space S2 of thecasing 10 through thedischarge port 31c of the fixedscroll 31, to the refrigerating cycle system through the refrigerant discharge pipe DP, and the above processes are repeated. - The trochoid gear pump 25 disposed at a lower side of the
rotational shaft 23 pumps oil contained in thecasing 10 using a capacity formed between theinner gear 25a and theouter gear 25b thereof. Then, the oil is sucked to an upper end of therotational shaft 23 through theoil passage 23a. Some of the oil is supplied to theaxial holes main frame 14 and thesub frame 15 through the oil passage holes 23b, and the other is spread from the upper end of therotational shaft 23. Then, the oil spread from the upper end of therotational shaft 23 is stored in theoil pocket 14b of themain frame 14. Some of the oil is collected in theoil collecting hole 14c of thecasing 10, and the other is moved to a thrust bearing surface of themain frame 14 through theoil supplying hole 14d to be supplied to the compression chambers P through theoil injecting hole 32c of the orbitingscroll 32. - While the
rotational shaft 23 rotates or the trochoid gear pump pumps oil, foam generated from the oil may be introduced into theoil passage 23a, preventing the oil from being sucked to the compressor. However, the gas is discharged from theoil passage 23a through thegas discharge hole 23c disposed in the middle portion of therotational shaft 23. Accordingly, the oil may be smoothly supplied or sucked to the compressor. - Oil collected after being used to lubricate the
axial hole 14a of themain frame 14 may be spread by being stirred by thebalance weight 24. However, the oil is not spread into thecasing 10 by theoil blocking device 17 disposed at a lower surface of themain frame 14, and then is separated from refrigerant and collected. The collected oil is supplied to thecoil 21a of thestator 21 by theoil blocking device 17 or theoil guiding portion 17 a of theoil blocking device 17, thereby cooling thecoil 21a. As shown inFIG. 4 , when the separatingdevice 18 is further provided at theoil blocking device 17, oil spread from the inner space of thecasing 10 is not easily moved to thecompression device 30 from the drivingmotor 20 due to the separatingdevice 18. The oil is constantly supplied to the compression chambers P or between themain frame 14 and the orbitingscroll 32 from theoil pocket 14b of themain frame 14 through theoil supplying hole 14d and theoil injecting hole 32c of the orbitingscroll 32. - Accordingly, when the driving motor is rotated at a high speed, oil is prevented from being excessively supplied to the compression chamber of the compression device. As a result, an amount of a refrigerant sucked to the compression chamber is increased, enhancing efficiency of the compressor.
- Also, even when the driving motor is rotated at a low speed, an amount of oil supplied to the compression chamber through the oil supplying hole and the oil injecting hole may always be constant. Accordingly, abrasion of the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll due to oil deficiency may be prevented, and a performance of the compressor enhanced by reducing frictional loss. When the rotational shaft of the driving motor is rotated at a high speed, oil stirred by the balance weight may be prevented from spreading by the oil blocking device. Accordingly, oil mixed with refrigerant may be prevented from being excessively introduced into the compression chamber. As a result, an amount of oil leaked to the refrigerating cycle system together with compressed refrigerant may be reduced, thereby preventing reduced performance of the compressor due to oil deficiency.
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FIG. 10 is a graph showing an energy efficiency ratio (EER) and an oil circulation rate (OCR) of the compressor ofFIG. 1 according to whether the oil blocking device is provided or not. Referring toFIG. 10 , the compressor having the oil blocking device has a higher EER than the compressor not having the oil blocking device by 0.5∼0.6, and shows a low oil circulation rate than that of the compressor not having the oil blocking device by approximately 12∼13wt%. The effects become more distinct when the compressor is rotated at a high speed of more than 60Hz. - Since the driving motor may be implemented as a synchronous reluctance motor, the compressor may have an enhanced performance when rotated at a low speed. Herein, a heat emitting amount of the motor may be decreased, expanding a driving region of the compressor.
- Further, since the balance weight may be coupled to the rotational shaft, transformation of the rotational shaft due to an eccentric load of the driving motor may be prevented. Also, the eccentric load of the driving motor may be effectively compensated with a reduced weight of the balance weight.
- Since a trochoid gear pump may be used as the oil pump, time during which oil supply is stopped due to a suction pressure change and a liquid refrigerant vaporization may be reduced. Also, the trochoid gear pump may be directly coupled to the rotational shaft, reducing the number of components and assembly processes.
- Embodiments disclosed herein provide a scroll compressor capable of always maintaining a predetermined amount of oil regardless of a rotational speed of a driving motor.
- In accordance with an embodiment broadly described herein, there is provided a scroll compressor that includes a casing having a hermetic inner space for contain oil therein a driving motor disposed at the inner space of the casing a compression device or unit coupled to a rotational shaft of the driving motor, disposed at the inner space of the casing, and forming a compression chamber as a fixing scroll and an orbiting scroll are engaged to each other, a frame fixedly disposed between the driving motor and the compression unit, for supporting the rotational shaft of the driving motor and the compression unit, an oil blocking device or unit disposed between the driving motor and the compression unit, for preventing oil from being introduced into the compression chamber, and an oil supplying device or unit for supplying oil sucked through the rotational shaft to the compression chamber.
- Although an exemplary scroll compressor is presented herein, for ease of discussion, it is well understood that this can be equably applied to other types of compressors, or another application in which this type of oil blocking is required and/or advantageous.
- More specifically, the compressor and oil blocking device therefor according to embodiments disclosed herein has numerous applications in which compression of fluid is required, and in different types of compressors. Such applications may include, for example, air conditioning and refrigeration applications. One such exemplary application is shown in
FIG. 12 , in which acompressor 710 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in a refrigerator/freezer 700. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail inU.S. Patent Nos. 7,082,776 ,6,955,064 ,7,114,345 ,7,055,338 , and6,772,601 . - Another such exemplary application is shown in
FIG. 13 , in which acompressor 810 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in an outdoor unit of anair conditioner 800. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail inU.S. Patent Nos. 7,121,106 ,6,868,681 ,5,775,120 ,6,374,492 ,6,962,058 ,6,951,628 , and5,947,373 . - Another such exemplary application is shown in
FIG. 14 , in which acompressor 910 having an oil blocking device according to embodiments disclosed herein is installed in a single, integratedair conditioning unit 900. Installation and functionality of a compressor in a refrigerator is discussed in detail inU.S. Patent Nos. 7,032,404 .6,412,298 ,7,036,331 ,6,588,228 ,6,182,460 , and5,775,123 . - Any reference in this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," "example embodiment" etc., means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the purview of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other ones of the embodiments.
- Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number of illustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art that will fall within the scope of claims. More particularly, various variations and modifications are possible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subject combination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawings and the appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications in the component parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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- A compressor, comprising:a casing (10) connected to a suction pipe (SP) and to a discharge pipe (DP);a compression device (30) having a compression chamber (P) and configured to receive, compress, and discharge a refrigerant;a drive motor (20) disposed in the casing (10);the casing including a body (11) and a main frame (14) fixed to the body (11);a fixed scroll (31) fixed to an upper surface of the main frame (14), and having a suction port (31 b) that communicates with the casing (10) and a discharge port (31 c) that communicates with the casing,an orbiting scroll (32) orbitably disposed on the upper surface of the main frame (14), the orbiting scroll (32) forming a plurality of compression chambers (P) by being engaged with the fixed scroll (31);a high-low pressure separating plate (34) disposed on the fixed scroll (31), the high-low pressure separating plate (34) dividing an inside of the casing (10) into a suction space (S1) and a discharge space (S2); andan oil blocking device (17) configured to block oil from the compression device from spreading onto certain mechanical parts disposed thereunder and from being introduced into the compression chamber (P),characterisedin that the oil blocking device comprises a blocking plate (18) with at least one oil flow path (18a) adjacent an outer circumference of the blocking plate (18), the outer circumferential surface of the blocking plate (18) being adhered onto an inner circumferential surface of the casing (10),wherein the at least one oil flow path (18a) comprises at least one passage concavely formed at an outer periphery of the blocking plate (18),wherein the at least one concavely formed passage is disposed adjacent to the casing (10) to form an enclosed oil passage therewith,wherein a guide member (19) is disposed towards a lower side of the casing (10) so as to be connected to the oil flow path (18a), andwherein the guide member (19) is coupled to the casing (10) by welding so that an opening thereof forms the oil flow path (18a) together with an inner circumferential surface of the casing (10).
- The compressor of claim 1, wherein the drive motor (20) is configured to drive the compression device (30), and wherein the certain mechanical parts comprise a balance weight attached to a rotational shaft (23) connecting the motor to the compression device.
- The compressor of claim 2, wherein an oil supply hole (14d) is formed in the rotational shaft through which oil is supplied to the compression device.
- The compressor of claim 3, further comprising a pump (25) attached to the rotational shaft configured to pump oil within the oil supply hole (14d).
- The compressor of claim 4, wherein the pump (25) comprises a trochoid gear pump.
- The compressor of claim 4, further comprising at least one discharge hole (23c) formed in the rotational shaft (23) in communication with the oil passage (23a).
- The compressor of claim 3, wherein a hole (14a) formed in the main frame (14) is in communication with the oil passage (23a) formed in the rotational shaft (23).
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